Man survives after shooting himself in head with harpoon – video

A Brazilian man sent a six-inch harpoon through his eye socket when cleaning his spear gun. Bruno Coutinho from Petropolis was lucky to survive after the spear went 15cm into his skull and into his cranium. He suffered no brain damage after the accident but has lost the sight in his left eye

Source: ITN

Friday 26 April 2013 09.21 EDT
First published on Friday 26 April 2013 09.21 EDT